Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Sporting 2021-22 Portuguese Liga

  • 90'+6': Pizzi
FT
1 - 3
  • 8': Pablo Sarabia
  • 62': Paulinho
  • 68': Matheus Nunes

Introduction

Benfica are hosting Sporting CP at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Commentary

  • 1': Zouhair Feddal (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 1': Paulinho (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card.
  • 8': Goal! Benfica 0, Sporting Lisbon 1. Pablo Sarabia (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pote with a through ball.
  • 20': Pedro Porro (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 22': Jan Vertonghen (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 27': Julian Weigl (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 33': Pablo Sarabia (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': Pote (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 0, Sporting Lisbon 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Valentino Lazaro.
  • 55': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Ricardo Esgaio replaces Zouhair Feddal because of an injury.
  • 62': Goal! Benfica 0, Sporting Lisbon 2. Paulinho (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Nunes with a through ball.
  • 68': Goal! Benfica 0, Sporting Lisbon 3. Matheus Nunes (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Esgaio.
  • 73': Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 74': Substitution, Benfica. Adel Taarabt replaces André Almeida.
  • 75': Substitution, Benfica. Gilberto replaces Julian Weigl.
  • 84': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Tiago Tomás replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  • 85': Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Éverton.
  • 86': Substitution, Benfica. Gonçalo Ramos replaces Darwin Núñez.
  • 89': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Nuno Santos replaces Manuel Ugarte.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Daniel Bragança replaces Pote.
  • 90'+6': Goal! Benfica 1, Sporting Lisbon 3. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adel Taarabt.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Benfica 1, Sporting Lisbon 3.

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 48,790

Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+11 Sporting CP 3 9 0
+9 FC Porto 3 9 0
+4 Moreirense 3 9 0
+6 Braga 3 7 0
Full Table

Statistics

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19 Fouls 15
6 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
3 Corner Kicks 3
2 Saves 2
33.7 Possession 66.3
14 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
173 Accurate Passes 404
243 Passes 484
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 5
15 Crosses 21
0.3 Cross % 0.2
42 Long Balls 44
16 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 6
17 Tackles 19
0.6 Tackle % 0.3
17 Interceptions 9
26 Effective Clearances 7
26 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

BEN Benfica (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
30 Nicolás Otamendi
5 Jan Vertonghen Yellow Card
34 André Almeida
28 Julian Weigl Yellow Card
20 João Mário
3 Alejandro Grimaldo
22 Valentino Lazaro
9 Darwin Núñez
7 Everton
27 Rafa Silva

SCP Sporting CP (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Antonio Adán (GK)
25 Gonçalo Inacio
3 Zouhair Feddal Yellow Card
13 Luís Neto
15 Manuel Ugarte
8 Matheus Nunes
2 Matheus Reis
24 Pedro Porro Yellow Card
21 Paulinho Yellow Card
17 Pablo Sarabia
28 Pedro Gonçalves

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